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WA0TJT
Posted: 27 Feb 2016 12:00 PM PST
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Episode 082 - Keith Kaiser - WA0TJT
Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT, works every single day to
bring kids into the Boy Scouts and amateur radio and has been doing it
since 1988. He shares his love of digital modes, ham radio operations, high
altitude ballooning, the Boy Scouts, and geocaching in this episode of QSO
Today. Show Notes
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Keith Kaiser, WA0TJT Links:YouTube
ChannelQRZ PageTwitterHigh Altitude Ballooning
Lincoln Senior High School, Bloomington Minnesota
Book Reference: Have Spacesuit will Travel, Robert Heinlein
First License: WN0TJT, 1967 Age 15,
Upgrade to General, WA0TJT, a year later at FCC in St. Paul, MN
First Rig: Johnson Viking 1 transmitter modified, 2 crystalLayayette KT-200
receiver
Founder: TCRC, The Twin City Repeater Club
Current Rig: Icom IC-7000Kenwood TS-130S 120 foot dipole fed with balanced
lineSignal Link USP Sound
XYL is Deb, W0DLK
Digital Modes: BPSK31Feld Hell Olivia - The Magical ModeHellschreiber
Keiths Introduction on his QRZ Page
Built a Heathkit SB-101, in 1968
Keith takes amateur radio to the Boy Scouts of AmericaRadio Scouting with
Boy Scouts of AmericaWorld Jamboree on the AirNational Radio Jamboree on
the AirFall Camporee is the same weekend of JOTA
New Boy Scout Uniform Patches: Morse Code Interpreter StripAmateur Radio
Operator, Radio Merit Badge, ARRL Knot
How amateur radio operators can help the Boy Scouts of America:STEM Program
District Events Radio Scouting Campout with a ham radio operatorEquipment
donations
Suggested activities with kids: GeocachingRadio Fox HuntingBrian on Scouting
Ballooning Resources:
Bill Brown, WB8BLK, Grandfather of high altitude ballooningNearspace
VenturesGreat Plains Super LaunchJacque Dupuy, N0IRS, Videos of Balloon
LaunchGPSL videosGpredict SoftwareDireWolf TNC program Raspberry PI
Advice for new or returning hams: "Get on the air as fast as you can. Find
a club."
Larrys List in Kansas City
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Johnson Viking 1 Transmitter Lafayette KT-200
Receiver Kenwood TS-130 Transceiver Up, up, and away!
Keith, WA0TJT - a poor man's space shot